Display support



Patented oct. 11, 193s PATENT OFFICE 2,132,799 DISPLAY SUPPORT RichardG. Ostrander, New York, N. Y.

Application January 7,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to display supports and my improvement isdirected to the provision of a sheet of stiff material, such foryexampleas corrugated card board or the like, which can be 5 curved about ahorizontalbrace member, re-

strained in its curved position, and cause-d to stand at its lower edgeon a hat surface.

VWhen not in use the support can be rolled in relatively smallcylindrical form for portage.

A sheet of paper or the like bearing an advertisement, pictorial orotherwise, is to be placed against the outer surface of the supportandis provided near its outer side edges with engaging means whereby astring or other strand, strung between said engaging means, may servethe dual purposes of binding the sheet of paper upon the support andholding the support in its curved, standing position.

The hcrizontalbrace member is shapedto ac- 20 cord to the support thedesired curvature, said brace member serving as a mould about which thesupport is curved.

Other features and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a front perspective elevation of my improved support with adisplay sheet thereon. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a brace member, formed 30 of stiiT sheetmaterial.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of a modified form of brace, composed of springwire, and

Fig. 5 is a partial rear perspective View of the support having a Wirebrace member associated therewith.

In said figures I indicates a sheet of corrugated board, which can becurved at its sides, substantially as shown, and thus provide a baseedge 2 for standing purposes. Of course the curved formation given thesheet I, (which is more or less resilient), must be maintained, andmeans j for so doing are provided, as will hereinafter appear.

One or more flat stiff pieces of bracing maagainst the back of sheet I,said sheet being moulded' about said bracing pieces 3 in theA terial,indicated at 3, are placed horzontally 1938, Serial N0. 183,780

(Cl. l- 126) a string or strand 'I connected to the anchorage meansatone side is adapted to be extended across the back of the device andengaged with the anchorage means at the other side. By suitablytensioning the string it will lock the side edges of sheet I in theclefts 4, bind the display sheet about the support sheet, and securelyretain the device in its contoured form about the braces.

In a modied form of transverse brace which maybe employed instead of thebrace members 3 I have shown in Figs. 4 and 5 a brace composed of springwire 8 providedat its ends with'means for engaging the side edges ofsupport sheet I.

The engaging means may have avariety of 15 form. For example, at 9 theengaging means appears in the form of a simple hook, while at I0 it isin the form of a spring hasp that will grip the edge of the supportsheet and elect so tight a grasp thereof as to avoid the occasion foremploying the string binding element. Where the spring hasp means areprovided at the ends of wire brace 8 the edgesof the display sheet aswell as the edges of the support sheet are to. be grasped thereby (seeFig. 5).

Variations Within the spirit and scope of my invention are equallycomprehended by the foregoing disclosure.

1. Display means comprising a sheet of stiff resilient material, atransverse brace memberV placed at the back thereof, said sheet beingcontoured about said brace to constitute a support,

a display sheet placed against the front of said support, said braceincluding means adjacent its extremities to receive the ends of saidsupport y and display sheet and to localize said brace relatively tosaid support.

2. Display means comprising a sheet of stiif resilient material, a ilattransverse brace member placed at the back thereof, said sheet beingcontoured about said brace tol constitute a support, and said bracehaving localizing clefts to receive the side edges of said support, a'display sheet placed against the front of said support, anchorage meanson said display sheet, and a strand extended tensionally between said`anchorage means to removably connect said support, brace and displaysheet.

3. Display means comprising a sheet vof stiff resilient material, atransverse brace composed of contoured spring Wire having spring haspsat its ends, said sheet being formed about said brace with its sideedges removably engaged by said spring hasps to constitute a support, adisa display sheet placed against the front of said support, anchoragemeans on said display sheet, and a strand extended tensionally betweensaid anchorage means to removably connect said support, brace anddisplay sheet.

RICHARD G. OSTRANDER.

